Nora Feinstein discusses her Jewish education, beginning with her upbringing in the Reform Jewish community of Baltimore and eventually finding herself in New York City studying at Barnard and the Jewish Theological Seminary. She speaks about both her spiritual connection to Judaism as well as her scholarly endeavors, sharing her thoughts on denominationalism in the Jewish community and what it means to be a Yiddish student in a modern Jewish context.


This movie is part of the collection: Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project

Producer: Yiddish Book Center
Audio/Visual: sound
Keywords: Denominationalism; Reform Judaism; Baltimore Jewish Community; Jewish Theological Seminary; Barnard; New York City; Yiddish; Yiddish Theatre; NFTY; Israel; Hebrew; Sholem Aleichem; Reclaiming Yiddish; Religion; Secularism; Yiddish Book Center; Challenges of Learning Yiddish; Yiddishkeit; Yiddish Poetry; Jewish Identity

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